Researchers: 'Nature positive' isn't just planting a few trees, it's actually stopping the damage we do
Have you heard the phrase "nature positive?" It's suddenly everywhere.
Environment
Sep 22, 2023
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How can we bring down the costs of large space telescopes?
We're all basking in the success of the James Webb Space Telescope. It's fulfilling its promise as our most powerful telescope, making all kinds of discoveries that we've been anticipating and hoping for. But the JWST's story ...
Astronomy
Sep 15, 2023
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Clever lapwings use cover to hide in plain sight
Ground-nesting birds called lapwings use the shape of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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How to say 'jumping ants' in Uchinaaguchi
Recent publication of OIST research findings in the journal Integrative Organismal Biology likely marks the first use of Uchinaaguchi, the indigenous Okinawan language, in a scientific research publication. OIST researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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Some lunar regolith are better for living off the land on the moon
Between now and the mid-2030s, multiple space agencies hope to send crewed missions to the moon. of These plans all involve establishing bases around the moon's southern polar region, including the Artemis Base Camp and the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2023
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Accelerating knowledge exchange in African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics
Since its inception in 2021, the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), has made significant gains towards its ambitious goal of sequencing 100,000 endemic African species within the next 10 years. Recently, AfricaBP reported ...
Biotechnology
Sep 12, 2023
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China makes developers pay compensation for their ecological impacts. Here's how this unique scheme works
In 2017, the Chinese environmental NGO, Friends of Nature, sued the developer of a dam in Yunnan province in the country's south west. The NGO alleged that the project's environmental impact assessment had failed to fully ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2023
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Investigating why crowdfunding does not work well for social impact initiatives
You've seen it online: crowdfunding for just about any purpose you can imagine. From artists trying to fund a project to individuals trying to pay a difficult health care bill, thousands have used sites like Go Fund Me to ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2023
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A guide to 'big team science' creates a blueprint for research collaboration on a large scale
Scientific research depends on collaboration between researchers and institutions. But over the past decade, there has been a surge of large-scale research projects involving extraordinarily large numbers of researchers, ...
Education
Sep 8, 2023
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How the Southern Ocean controls global climate feedbacks
The Southern Ocean: How does this body of water and its relationship with clouds contribute to the world's changing climate?
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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